Lightning struck a football pitch in western Germany on Saturday,injuring 35 people, three of them seriously, news agency DPA reported.The accident -- which came as 11 people were hurt in a similar freakstrike at a birthday party in a Parisian park -- happened at the end of achildren's football match in Hoppstaedten, DPA said, citing police.The referee of the children's match was hit directly by the lightning andwas rushed to hospital.